Tucson International in October 2023

84.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,463 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 84.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 83.9% of the time (1,463 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from TUS in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	84.6%	—	82.2%	83.8%
Arrived on time	84.7%	—	82.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	—	14.0 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	54	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,463	—	19,536	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	539	37%	89.1%	-2.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	377	26%	76.1%	7.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	291	20%	82.5%	1.9 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	99	7%	93.9%	-5.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	93	6%	89.2%	-6.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	33	2%	84.8%	1.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	90.3%	36.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	235	86.0%	2.4 min	0.0%
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	210	82.9%	9.4 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	184	85.9%	-0.5 min	2.2%
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	173	81.5%	2.3 min	0.0%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	113	77.0%	5.9 min	0.0%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	93	83.9%	-0.3 min	0.0%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	93	94.6%	-7.9 min	0.0%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	80	80.0%	5.2 min	0.0%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	62	91.9%	-11.0 min	0.0%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	62	88.7%	-2.1 min	0.0%
TUS–IAH	Tucson to Houston	60	90.0%	-7.6 min	0.0%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	58	81.0%	2.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	41.3%	5,401
Late-arriving aircraft	38.4%	40.5%	5,114
National Aviation System	14.9%	14.4%	1,989
Extreme weather	6.1%	3.7%	815
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

13,319 delay minutes on 218 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left TUS on time in October 2023?

84.6% of 1,463 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for TUS · methodology · corrections.